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The amazing drama you're about to see is a matter of human record.

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Here in this warm, secure London house, early April 1912, began the bizarre and untold chapter

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of a news story that would soon stun the civilized world.

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In this library was an unread book.

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Coming events cast their shadows before them.

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Maybe.

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Remember this book.

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We'll come back to it later.

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Might shock you.

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Mother, mother, mother, mother, mother!

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What is it?

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What's wrong, dear?

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It was water.

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Dark water.

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I was drowning.

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I couldn't swim anymore.

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I was drowning.

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Oh, you just had one of those old-fashioned nightmares.

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Oh, no!

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I don't blame you all this excitement about the wedding.

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No wonder.

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Frank was there.

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But I couldn't find him in the dark.

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And the water closed in over me.

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What does it mean?

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Nothing.

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Absolutely nothing.

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And in four days you'll be married and in Switzerland on your honeymoon.

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The happiest bride that ever was.

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And you can't drown in Switzerland.

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Nobody ever does.

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All they do is bang into trees on those foolish skis.

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But drowning?

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No.

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It was all so clear to me.

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I could feel the water.

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It was like ice.

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Now, if you must dream, I order you to dream only pleasant things.

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Eric, your wedding dress.

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And how happy you're going to be.

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Promise?

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That's better.

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Now, come on back to bed.

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But I couldn't find him.

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I couldn't find him.

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Now, that is enough, darling.

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And I shouldn't worry Eric with this.

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He's been trying so hard to make everything wonderful for you.

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There.

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Now, goodnight, dear.

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And no more nightmares.

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Goodnight.

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night. Good

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morning Emily the future Mrs Fowley about great.

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I know it's early but I want to see what my wife would look like in the morning

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ugly. But you like coffee done I love. You like surprises don't you don't love

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them come on right. It's about our honeymoon honeymoon.

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We're not going to Switzerland we're not where we going again to America to New

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York City. York. Now why don't you ask me how we're going to get there swim

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rowboat raft all right darling how. That's how they from hundred eleven be

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both deck right next door to Mr and Mrs John Jacob asked to know less on the

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maiden voyage of his Royal Majesty's ship Titanic Southampton to New York six

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days at sea next Tuesday. Just a little sugar down.

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I can't believe it I can hardly believe it myself but the office has connections.

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Oh you lucky children you show you want to Switzerland. With the little keep the

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Titanic our honeymoon. That's once in a lifetime the papers full of nothing but

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the Titanic listen to this great R.M.S. Titanic the world's largest and most

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luxurious liner is writing a new and glamorous chapter in man's conquest of

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the sea by virtue of her five watertight compartment she's being hailed in marine

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engineering circles as the unsinkable ship her first passenger list makes her

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a floating home for royalty statesman International Society and stars of the

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theater and the art and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Farley who are absolutely unknown and

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absolutely in love. Grace.

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Grace.

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Grace what is it darling. What is it?

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We can't go on that ship it happened again I dream.

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Darling I do wish you wouldn't. I saw the sea cold sea. There were people

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struggling in the water. Sinking dying. Grace. And then a huge ship slid down.

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Now it's just a bad dream besides that ship couldn't be the Titanic the

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Titanic can't sink. Everyone knows that. I saw a lifeboat tossing in the water.

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There were letters on the side of it. I saw so clearly I saw the word Titanic on

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the side of the boat. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did. I did.

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Your intuition should tell you that what you see next is not a dream. It can come

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true. Just what I've always wanted. Only my own dear Aunt Agatha would have guessed.

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Have you ever kept birds my darling? Neither have I. Ever thought of keeping

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birds? Neither have I. Then by all means write dear Aunt Agatha and tell her she's

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made us very very happy. I will.

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I know all about last night and the night before that. Mother told you. I suppose

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you think I have gone off my head one of those silly hysterical women. I think

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you're a lot overtired and a little over imaginative. But this isn't my imagination.

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Believe me I thought I thought. Now that is silly. You don't believe what you see

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in your sleep? I mean unless you're a gypsy. Grace do you trust me? You know I

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do. Then don't spoil the happiest time of our whole lives just because of a bad

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dream. Everything's gonna be all right I promise. I'll take care of you always.

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Help me darling. You know if I didn't know you so well I think that you'd fallen

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in love with another man. That you didn't want to marry me. I couldn't love anybody

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but you. Very well I believe you. Only remember if there ever is another man I

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was one of the best shots in the Coldstream Guard.

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Are you asleep?

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I think I will keep a bird after all. I beg your pardon? That would please your Aunt Agatha wouldn't it?

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Terribly. Did you have any particular species in mind? Oh a love bird of course.

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What naturally love bird.

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Thank you darling. What for? The sixth most perfect days of my life.

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How lovely you are. And very young with even better days.

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You've forgiven me haven't you for those silly scenes I made? I've forgotten the

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whole thing. I'm glad.

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But Orville ridiculous dream. It wasn't a dream at all. I was wide awake when I felt

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there was something wrong with the ship. Quite wrong. I know you'll laugh and I

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don't blame you. I was in my cabin this afternoon. I imagine it was around four

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o'clock when I heard this terrible sound. What kind of sound? It was a terrible

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grinding sound as though the ship had suddenly struck some immovable object.

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The whole boat seemed to tremble with the impact. Tell me by any chance did you

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hear anything or feel anything? No no I heard nothing like that I'm happy to say.

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You know it's probably your imagination or more likely indigestion. Why don't you

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see the ship's doctor? He's a good man I'm told. I'm all right physically it's

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just the first time in my life I'm I'm afraid. I'm afraid even for the next few

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hours. I don't know what I'm afraid of. It's as though something in my my soul.

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You know if I weren't such a hard-headed realist and I were at home I think I'd call on my

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minister. As the mighty ship raced through the Atlantic night there were others far

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away who felt dark premonitions of disaster. For one a Methodist minister in

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Winnipeg Canada.

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Six

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Four four six.

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Excuse me Dr. Morgan but it's nearly time for the service.

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Miss Parsons I'd like the congregation to sing hymn number four four six tonight.

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But Dr. Morgan I'm afraid I can't. I'm afraid I can't.

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I'm afraid I can't. I'm afraid I can't.

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I'd like the congregation to sing hymn number four four six tonight. But Dr. Morgan the

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hymns for tonight are already posted in the church and the organist. Please four four six.

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I didn't know that was one of your favorite hymns. It isn't I don't even know the words.

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I simply know that we must sing it tonight.

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Here father while we pray to thee for those in peril on the sea.

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Better we should be praying for our farmers after a winter like this.

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Their.

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Blood.

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Father, why we pray to thee, for those in peril on the sea.

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Thy grace and bounty we ask for them,

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see them safely home again.

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Hear, dear Father, why we pray to thee,

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for those in peril on the sea.

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Thy grace and bounty we ask for them,

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see them safely home again.

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What is it, darling?

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Nothing.

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You're cold. Come to bed.

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At precisely the same time in New York City, still a thousand miles away,

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a magazine illustrator named Harry Teller felt a weird compulsion.

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I don't know what's wrong with me.

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Harry, what's this?

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I thought you were supposed to be drawing pretty girls in the new spring styles.

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You'll never make the deadline now.

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I don't know how it happened. I was...

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I don't know... helpless.

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Something seemed to be guiding my hand.

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I can't explain it.

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You're tired. You've been working too hard. Now come on.

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No.

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No, it's not that.

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Harry, let's go to bed.

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You know, this drawing...

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It's awful. I don't know who would want it.

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Do you know something? This is the best work you've ever done.

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I've never seen you do anything like this before.

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All of this detail in here.

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Harry, what is it?

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Your hands are like ice.

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The water in the drawing was cold.

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Icy cold.

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If you listen carefully, we will prove our ability to transfer our thoughts to you.

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The devil you're doing.

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Grace.

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Grace.

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Grace.

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Grace.

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What happened? What's the matter?

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Everything's all right now. You come back to bed.

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I understand. I was sleeping and someone was screaming, Harry, that we need more warm clothes.

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And I must...

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What's wrong with me?

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I must be losing my mind.

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I'm losing my mind.

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Tell me. You're driving me out of mind, you know.

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Look, I'm not John Jacob Astor or a member of the nobility. I've saved for two years for this trip.

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Wanting it to be a perfect honeymoon. And to have it spoiled by such childish nonsense.

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I'm sorry, Eric. I'm sorry.

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All right, darling. You're forgiven.

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I just don't make a habit of pitching my best clothes on the floor.

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Iceberg.

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Iceberg. Get ahead. Iceberg. Get ahead. Iceberg. Get ahead.

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Engine seems to have stopped.

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Engine seems to have stopped.

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Engine seems to have stopped.

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You all right?

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Oh, Stuart.

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Sir.

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The engine seemed to have stopped. What was it?

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There was some report of an iceberg, sir. The captain stopped the vessel, sir, just to be on the safe side, you know.

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What an incredible ship. What service.

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They run out of ice at the bar, so what happens?

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We hit an iceberg. Good fresh ice. That's what I like. It's all over the deck.

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Have a drink, chum.

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No, thank you.

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Never seen an iceberg, darling. Shall we go and have a look?

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That's a good idea. We'll wrap up good and warm.

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Captain's orders. Go to your lifeboat station. Please dress warmly.

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Now, there's no need to panic. Just take it nice and easy.

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It's just a precaution, darling. Remember what the captain said tonight?

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The ship that nothing in the world could sink?

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What are you doing? Trying to impress an iceberg with your jewels?

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Just in case. It's a mine after coming back.

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Oh, come on.

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Easy does it now. Women and children only. Men will follow later.

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There we go.

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Careful, chum. Right. There's a little one.

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There's a young fellow. Take care of him, will you? Yes, sir.

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No! Thank you, madam.

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No! No! I won't go without you! No! No!

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Now, darling. Now, stop it! Listen to me.

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Have you forgotten your wedding vows so soon?

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Love, honour, obey?

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Or you go with the other women in boat four?

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I'm sorry.

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I love our marriage. All six days, five hours and 20 minutes of it.

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I even loved our first fight.

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If you ever have another bad dream, I'll listen to you. Every word.

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Come, come, madam. It's all right. It's all right.

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Good night, madam.

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Out of the way!

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Eric Farley never came back to this house.

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Over 1,500 people perished that dreadful night aboard the Titanic.

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Eric Farley was among them.

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You've seen some of the unexplained supernatural events

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surrounding the life and death of a great ship.

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Now, do you remember this book?

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It's a novel published in 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank.

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The title? Futility. Its author? Morgan Robertson.

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It's a story about the largest liner ever built,

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carrying on its maiden voyage the rich and great of the world.

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Then, on an April night, it struck an iceberg.

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The vessel in this book was 70,000 tons.

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The Titanic was a massive ship.

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The vessel in this book was 70,000 tons. The Titanic, 66,000 tons.

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The length of the ship in these pages, 800 feet.

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The Titanic, 882 feet.

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Both made 25 knots. Both carried about 3,000 passengers.

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Both liners had lifeboats for only a fraction of that number.

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And both were considered unsinkable.

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Oh, one more thing.

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The author called his ship the Titan.

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In a moment, something else to think about.

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Oh, about next week.

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Well, it begins with a silly argument about this hat.

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And it ends when two people in peril, miles apart,

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discover an amazing kind of communication,

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an incredible way of finding each other,

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and they take that one step beyond.

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